Texas erects new border barrier as dispute with Biden administration ramps up

WASHINGTON — The Texas National Guard this week erected new barriers along part of the state's border with Mexico blocking access for U.S. Border Patrol agents, the federal government said in a Friday court filing, in an escalating conflict between the Republican state government and the Democratic administration of President Joe Biden over migration.

Lawyers for the Biden administration told the U.S. Supreme Court in their filing that Texas' "activities have changed the situation along the relevant stretch of the Rio Grande."